Delta state government on Monday said it for the 6,000 slots available, it had received over 60, 000 applications from youths from every part of the state in the first phase of the Skill Training and Entrepreneurship Programme, STEP and the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme, YAGEP. This disclosure was made during a courtesy visit to […]
Continue ReadingShowdown time it was yesterday, as traders Alaba International market, along Lagos/Badagry Expressway and motor park touts, popularly called Agbero, during which several persons were injured. This is just as a three storey-building used as a plaza on Lagos Island went up in flames, destroying goods worth several millions of Naira. The fight ensued, following […]
Continue Reading(Vanguard) The La Casera Company has said it shut down operations at its Mile 2 site on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway because it could no longer guaranty the safety of workers after its premises was invaded Weekend, by over 200 demonstrators led by representatives of the National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco of Employees (NUFBTE). In […]
Continue ReadingKaiama Local Government Council Chairman in Kwara State, Alhassan Bagudu, has bemoaned the seven months power outage in the area, which he said had crippled economic activities. The chairman stated this in a statement he issued on Sunday in Kaiama, wherein he appealed to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, to restore electricity in the […]
Continue ReadingIn a new twist to earlier development, the Lagos State Government says oil tankers, farm perishable produce trucks, cement mixer trucks and some others are not restricted from movement within the Lagos metropolis. This was contained in a statement, aimed at clarifiing the Section of the Road Traffic Law 2012 which restricts trailers and long […]
Continue Reading…Coming to Nigeria soon! The global media is abuzz with the news of the new products launched at Apple’s event last night. Among the products announced, the bigger than ever iPad Pro and the stunning new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The new iPhone will also come in Rose Gold. This is fantastic for […]
Continue ReadingThe Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) of Nigeria, on Wednesday said 50,000 companies would soon be delisted for failing to file their annual returns. The Registrar General of the CAC, Mr Bello Mahmud, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Mahmud said that the defaulters would be de-listed after […]
Continue ReadingThe Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday continued its fight against smuggling of frozen poultry products, especially around Yekeme, near Badagry. Yusuf Umar, Controller in charge of the command, while destroying 1,583 cartons of smuggled poultry products in Lagos, said the Customs Service is not giving up its fight against smuggling […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State, on Tuesday signed and approved the release of 2,500 Certificates of Occupancy to owners of landed properties from Wednesday, September 9, 2015. The Executive Secretary of the Lands Bureau, Mr Olukayode Ogunnubi, disclosed this to newsmen. He said the development was in line with Governor Ambode’s effort to clear […]
Continue Reading(By Vanguard) The Senate will today begin an inquest into alleged mismanagement of funds appropriated to the power sector from the Olusegun Obasanjo civilian administration to date. In a statement, yesterday, by the Clerk of Senate ad hoc Committee on Power, Cletus Ojabo, the power sector probe will be in the form of investigative hearing/interactive […]
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